FROM ‘MEDITATION IN LIFE’ TO ‘LIFE IN MEDITATION’
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In the beginning you have to practice meditation in life. You have to consciously introduce meditation into your lifestyle. Choose a technique, practice for half an hour or one hour a day. See how you feel. If you enjoy a technique, stick to it for at least ten days without expecting results. If a technique has touched you, there is no way it cannot transform you in some way.
Sometimes the transformation will be subtle, and sometimes others may see it better than you do. Just one glimpse of the joy of meditation is enough to make you fall in love with meditation. Then you will no longer ask how many hours you must practice. When you wake up, your very first thought will be of meditation. When you take a shower, when you dress, when you eat, you will do everything with such complete awareness that every act, every moment will become alive with meditation. You will then begin to live life in meditation.
‘Meditation is just like reading an owner’s manual before you start driving the car’
Case study: Mr. Christian (Oklahama City, U.S.A) a participant of Atma Spurana meditation 4program says, “ I was thinking meditation is about sitting and trying to think of nothing. After experiencing the meditation
Atma Spurana Meditation Program (ATSP) a meditation program on 5 sheaths (koshas)
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techniques taught by Swamiji in the Atma Spurana Meditation Program, I was simply blown away by the results! The techniques are so dynamic and simple.
Meditation has given me the clarity and energy to take action on my thoughts. Meditation clearly showed me my self defeating thoughts and conflicting ideas.
At home, at work, or in any social situation where any type of conflict or pressure is involved, I am able to stay centered and I am not shaken by fear or worry as I used to prior to learning meditation. Life has been amazing since then.
I only wish that I had learned this much, much earlier in life. I had no idea that such scientific technology existed to make life so beautiful. This gift from the Vedic tradition is the ultimate software for life – meditation, yoga, the “clicks” (clarity), and all are the gifts Swamiji is giving to humanity. The energy generated from practicing all this scientific technology penetrates you deeply into the being level.
It was the best decision I ever made. The gaps that I was unable to fulfill in my family, career, relationships, hobbies were answered. I know that it is difficult to comprehend that such thing is possible, but I can attest that it is possible. I am living it, experiencing it. You can too.
Conclusion
In the beginning you have to practice meditation in life. You have to consciously introduce meditation into your lifestyle. Choose a technique, practice for half an hour or one hour a day. See how you feel. If you enjoy a technique, stick to it for at least ten days without expecting results. If a technique has touched you, there is no way it cannot transform you in some way.
Lesson- 9